Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who is not a scholar; an illiterate person.

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Examples

  • You need not kill him. — — And pray who was Tickletoby’s mare? — ’tis just as discreditable and unscholar-like a question, Sir, as to have asked what year (ab.urb. con.) the second Punic war broke out. —

    The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

  • You need not kill him. — — And pray who was Tickletoby’s mare? — ’tis just as discreditable and unscholar-like a question, Sir, as to have asked what year (ab.urb. con.) the second Punic war broke out. —

    The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

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